1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to public safety; increasing the penalty for tampering with a motor vehicle; 
1.3 	establishing a crime for riding in a vehicle when the person reasonably should 
1.4 	have known that a vehicle was taken without permission;amending Minnesota 
1.5 	Statutes 2024, section 609.546.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 609.546, is amended to read:
1.8 	609.546 MOTOR VEHICLE TAMPERING.
1.9 	A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who intentionally:
1.10 	(1) rides in or on a motor vehicle knowing when the person knows or reasonably should 
1.11 	know that the vehicle was taken and is being driven by another without the owner's 
1.12 	permission; or
1.13 	(2) tampers with or enters into or on a motor vehicle without the owner's permission.

1.14 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2025, and applies to crimes 
1.15 	committed on or after that date.